HB1186
All-terrain power wheelchairs in state parks; DCR shall establish two-year pilot program.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Department of Conservation and Recreation; two-year pilot program; all-terrain power wheelchairs in state parks.
Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall establish a two-year pilot program beginning October 1, 2024, and ending October 30, 2026, to enhance accessibility for individuals with limited mobility in Virginia's state parks by providing all-terrain power wheelchairs that may be used by such persons during their visits. ... (More) The bill permits the Department to choose the locations for the pilot program and enter into a contract for the purchase of all-terrain power wheelchairs to be used in the pilot program. The bill allows the Department to adopt guidelines to administer the pilot program and requires the Department to make a report available to the public regarding the outcome of the pilot program on its website by November 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101600D
- 01/10/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/23/2024 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/26/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1186)
- 01/31/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/31/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/2024 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/08/2024 - House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/09/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2024 - House: Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107733D-S1
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1186S1)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107733D-S1
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1186S1
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107733D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1186ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1186ER)
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/02/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 321 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/02/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)
